Poverty amid plenty: Lessons from Botswana's social assistance scheme

International Journal of Social Welfare

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 97-110

  Bar On, A A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Botswana; Poverty; Social assistance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347037788     PISSN: 13696866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2397.00071     Document Type: Article

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